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East and North Coasts

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Aberdeen Airport Cloudy 82 SSW 9 11 998
Boulmer Clear night 83 SSW 6 10 1,003
Donna Nook Overcast 96 S 4 7 1,006
F3 96 SSW 14 1 1,009 9 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Partly cloudy (night) 83 S 8 14 995
Lerwick (S. Screen) Mist 89 S 11 5 995
Leuchars Partly cloudy (night) 82 SSW 7 12 1,000
Lossiemouth Clear night 70 SW 8 18 996
Manston Light rain 97 S 2 1 1,009
Sandettie 10° 93 SSW 22 2 1,009 7 0.3
Shoeburyness Light rain 99 S 2 2 1,009
Weybourne Light rain 10° 10° 96 SSW 4 4 1,007
Wick John O Groats Airport Clear night 82 SSW 4 10 995

Offshore

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Brittany 12° 13° 80 W 12 1,013 9 5
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 12° 71 WSW 24 1,000 9 6.68
Pap

South Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Bournemouth Airport Mist 98 WSW 1 4 1,009
Channel 11° 10° 10° 95 WSW 11 2 1,010
Culdrose Mist 99 SW 4 2 1,010
E1 11° 10° 11° 92 WSW 12 1,010
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 10° 97 < 1 1,009 9 1.4
Guernsey Mist 10° 10° 99 W 5 2 1,010
Jersey Overcast 99 W 4 < 1 1,010
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 98 WSW 2 < 1 1,010
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 11° 88 WSW 14 2 1,009 11 3.7

West Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Belfast International Airport Overcast 88 S 4 13 1,001
Belmullet Partly cloudy (night) 82 WSW 8 7 999
Campbeltown Airport Partly cloudy (night) 82 S 3 21 1,000
Crosby Clear night 91 SSE 6 7 1,006
Islay Airport Overcast 87 SSE 5 13 1,000
K4 10° 11° 70 W 30 994
K5 10° 79 984
M2
M3 12° 11° 78 WSW 18 1,006 9 5.78
M4 10° 11° 74 SW 23 996 8 5.39
M5 10° 10° 82 WSW 12 1,006 8 3.75
Malin Head 85 S 8 12 998
Roches Point 93 SW 4 5 1,006
Ronaldsway Mist 94 SSW 7 3 1,004
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 90 S 8 3 993
St. Bees Head Mist 100 S 6 < 1 1,004
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 88 S 9 4 992
Tiree Light rain 88 SSW 10 6 996
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 10° 78 WSW 5 7 1,005
Valley Mist 96 S 9 2 1,005

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